- Pierre-Auguste Lafleur
Pierre-Auguste Lafleur was a
Canadian politician and a five-term Member of theLegislative Assembly of Quebec . [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/j-l/laflpa.htm Pierre-Auguste Lafleur, Assemblée nationale du Québec] ]Background
He was born in Sainte-Adèle,
Laurentides onMarch 3 ,1872 and made career in the furniture industry. He got married to Jennie Veitch inVerdun, Quebec in 1918.City Councillor
He served as a city councillor from 1921 to 1933 in Verdun.
Member of the Legislature
Lafleur ran as a Conservative candidate in the provincial district of Montréal-Verdun in the 1923 election and won. He was re-elected in the 1927, 1931 and 1935 elections.
He joined
Maurice Duplessis 's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election.He was defeated in the 1939, 1944 and 1948 elections.
Death
He died on
December 14 ,1954 in Verdun.Footnotes
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